beryl wrote:

On 01/17/2012 08:54 PM, jk wrote:

I am a little surprised that no one mentioned the other side of the
thing. The "equal and opposite reaction" thing. It's going to drive
the "club " head backwards. Better be really holding on to the damn
thing. Essentially this is a gun at right angle to, and on the end
of, a yard long stick. That's going to be a bitch to control.

Better would be a similar club that you swung, but that fired on
contact.

The club will come to an instant stop, and hurt your arm.

Not so, or not always so, it all depends on the mass of the ball the
mass of the head, and the force delivered by the charge.

As for "hurt your arm" no more so than a club can do already. People
already have crappy follow through a lot of the time. Sure would make
the game more "interesting" with people out on the course adjusting
powder charges, cleaning their clubs of the fouling etc.



How about... place the explosive charge on the *back* side of the club
head, so that the head is driven into the ball.
Just as (un) likely to "hurt" your arm.

jk